Richard Erdman
1925-06-01 ( 99 years old ) in Enid, Oklahoma, USA

Richard Erdman (June 1, 1925 - March 16, 2019) was an American film and television actor and director. In a career that has spanned seven decades, his best known roles are that of the barracks chief Hoffy in Stalag 17, and McNulty in the classic Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of a Stopwatch". In Tora Tora Tora he played Colonel Edward F. French, the officer who responded to the failure to transmit the warning to Pearl Harbor using Army radio to instead use commercial telegraph rather than using the Navy or FBI radio systems. Erdman appeared as the blackmailer, Arthur Binney, in the Perry Mason first season TV episode "The Case Of The Gilded Lily" aired May 24, 1958. In 1960, he co-starred with Tab Hunter in the short-lived The Tab Hunter Show on NBC, which aired opposite The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS and Lawman with John Russell on ABC. He was very funny when he appeared as a Broadway wardrobe man named Buck Brown on "The Dick Van Dyke Show". In 1962, Erdman had a recurring role as Klugie, the photographer, in the short-lived Nick Adams-John Larkin NBC series Saints and Sinners.

Movies

The Pagemaster 1994-11-23
Jesse 1988-10-04
Valet Girls 1987-01-01
My Town 1986-05-25
Tomboy 1985-01-25
Trancers 1984-11-07
Heidi's Song 1982-11-19
Kate McShane 1975-04-11
Mr. Majestyk 1974-07-17
Mr. Majestyk 1974-07-17
Visions... 1972-10-10
Rascal 1969-06-11
Face of Fire 1959-08-09
Anything Goes 1956-04-27
Bengazi 1955-09-14
The Steel Lady 1953-10-09
Stalag 17 1953-05-29
The Happy Time 1952-10-30
Jumping Jacks 1952-06-11
The Stooge 1951-11-15
Cry Danger 1951-02-23
The Men 1950-08-25
Swiss Tour 1949-11-29
Easy Living 1949-10-08
Wild Harvest 1947-09-26
Deception 1946-10-26
Danger Signal 1945-11-21
Janie 1944-09-02